Overview

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, an Institute under State Legislature Act (Government), was established on 19 November 1983 as an autonomous organisation on the pattern of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. It is one of the main health care institutions in the state of Bihar. It is the only superspecialist institute of Bihar and tops the hierarchy in patient referral chain. The institute provides education in medicine and does conducts many health and medicinal research in Bihar. It received affiliation of medical college from MCI (now NMC) in September 2011. It has 120 recognised MBBS seats and the highest number of superspeciality seats among the colleges of Bihar. It is recognised to provide degree of MBBS, MD, MS, M.Ch, DM, DNB, Ph.D. and various paramedical degrees. == Campus == IGIMS is located on Bailey Road. The whole medical college and hospital campus is spread over an area of 131 acres. The hospital is proposed to have 3000 beds in the coming few years. At present, there are nearly 1070 beds present with a 100-bed Regional Cancer Institute. Construction is ongoing of another 500-bed ultra modern hospital, and 200-bed Regional Institute of Ophthalmology. == Departments == IGIMS provides the following clinical departments: Anaesthesia Endocrinology Cardiology Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Community Medicine Dentistry Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Gastroenterology GI Surgery Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurosurgery Neurology Nuclear Medicine Orthopedics Paediatric Psychiatry Pulmonology Reproductive Biology Regional Cancer Center Regional Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO) Skin (Dermatology) Urology Trauma and Casualty General Surgery Pediatric Surgery == References == == External links == Official website of IGIMS